San Diego State University Gender and Practices in Medicine Questions

Do assumptions about gender inform the beliefs or practices relating to medical care (or lack thereof)? Can we think of examples wheregender has influenced – positively or negatively – the particulardiagnosis and/or treatment provided to an individual or group ofindividuals in the realm of medicine?

How do assumptions about race, ethnicity, and class/SES intersect with assumptions about gender in the realm of medicine such that particular diagnostic or treatment patterns form?

Are there ideas, practices, or values with respect to medical settings that could/should be different than they are currently? Are there ideas, practices and/or values in the medical field that we might like to see implemented, discarded, reformed, etc.?